Asus AM1M-A with AMD 5150 CPU

[tom373uk]

Hi There..I have just purchased these components new and wanted to ask,as the maximum speed any DDR3 Memory will run at on this Motherboard is 1600/12800mhz  if I purchased say PC3 14900-DDR3 1866 would this be backwards compatable and run at slower speed max 1600mhz..I don't want to damage my board and cannot find this information in my Ausus Handbook or on the Asus Support Website?
Many thanks Michael

[Accessless]

I believe it would be safe to use that memory (Motherboard supports 1866 overclocked, but CPU does not state support). Either the motherboard would just return a memory error beep code or would automatically underclock the RAM. A lot of possible outcomes here though as it depends on CPU, Mobo & the RAM in question. What memory are you thinking of purchasing?

Out of curiosity though, why do you want to buy RAM that is not rated with your other components?



Quick links for any other forum users to help:
Asus AM1M-A  http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/AM1MA/specifications/
AMD Athlon 5150 http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Jaguar/AMD-Athlon%205150%20-%20AD5150JAH44HM.html